Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is not the latest politician to move in favor of gay marriage, but he's the latest to admit that his original stance had more to do with his political persuasion.
Crist, running as a Democrat for the Florida governorship, admitted this week in the LGBT publication "Watermark" that his original stance against gay marriage was purely political.
Crist posted a link to the interview on his Facebook page.
Crist said he was being a "good Republican," and begged forgiveness.
Crist, a former Republican, left the party in 2006 during his campaign for U.S. senator, and ran as an independent. Last year he registered as a Democrat and announced his run to take back the governor's mansion.
But many question whether this latest position change has more to do with politics than with genuine feeling.
"This isn't the first issue position Charlie Crist has changed and probably isn't the last position he'll change," said Nathan Gonzalez with The Rothenberg Political Report. "This is just the process that you have to undergo when you switch from a Republican to a Democrat."
Information from CNN was used in this report.